Consuming lifespan to draw rewards, I'm invincible in the apocalypse!

The same "several generations" might take long-lived races hundreds of years to complete.

The short-lived Snow Elephant tribe completed the genetic selection process that other races took hundreds of years to achieve in just a few decades.

Therefore, their entire race will evolve faster.

Therefore, although the Snow Elephant Clan has a short lifespan, the individual members of the clan are all very strong.

From this perspective, a shorter lifespan does indeed become a catalyst that forces the genes of the entire race to become stronger.

The old patriarch of the Snow Elephant tribe was able to have such awareness...

It probably didn't originate from the wisdom of a particular clan leader.

Rather, these hidden benefits were discovered during the process of being passed down from generation to generation.

Of course, the newly appointed clan leader may not be able to accept this view at the beginning of his tenure.

But the clan chief's mission also ensures that they pass this viewpoint down from generation to generation.

Of course, this is not the only viewpoint that the chieftains of the Snow Elephant Clan have passed down from generation to generation.

After a moment of silence, the old man continued:

"I initially disagreed with the old patriarch's words. I even thought he was laying the groundwork for what he was about to say..."

"Because what followed completely overturned my understanding at the time!"

"The old patriarch said that before they obtained this crystal ball, the Snow Elephant Clan in that more distant era was not actually a short-lived race."

"The distant Snow Elephant Clan, our ancestors, were once a long-lived but weak race."

"Until we, for reasons unknown, began to treasure this crystal ball... the lifespan of the Snow Elephant Clan began to shorten, until now, an ordinary Snow Elephant only has a mere ten years to live..."

"In other words, the short-lived fate that the entire Snow Elephant Clan has been trying so hard to escape was actually brought about by this crystal ball!"

"It's laughable that only the chieftains of the entire Snow Elephant Clan know this truth..."

"So much so that none of the snow elephants knew—"

"So the chieftain's lifespan is six years longer than that of a regular snow elephant..."

"It was bought with the short lifespan of the entire Snow Elephant Clan!"

When he said this, the old man's gaze toward the crystal ball was quite complex.

The young man standing next to him was completely dumbfounded!

What the hell? !

The crystal ball that every Snow Elephant Clan prodigy desires...

The extra 6 years of lifespan it granted to the chieftain was actually bought at the cost of the shortened lifespan of the entire Snow Elephant Clan?!

this??

What kind of nonsense is this?!

The entire race suffers a short lifespan, in exchange for the clan leader gaining an extra 6 years of lifespan?!

The young man felt as if his entire worldview was collapsing!

They even began to suspect that every chieftain of the Snow Elephant Clan might actually be a parasite sucking the blood of the entire clan!

And the crystal ball that all the Snow Elephant Clan's prodigies coveted...

It doesn't deserve to be called a "treasure" at all!

It is essentially a curse targeting the Snow Elephant Clan!

Not only this Snow Elephant Clan prodigy who just won the [Champion Badge].

The rugged-looking Snow Elephant Clan boy who had been chatting with Jiang Yi earlier was now also in a state of shock, seemingly lost in a daze as if his worldview had collapsed...

Even when they came to their senses again, the way they looked at the old man was as if he were an enemy!

The old man seemed unsurprised by their reaction.

He chuckled lightly, as if mocking himself, and then slowly said:

"When I learned this 'secret' from the old clan chief, my reaction was the same as yours."

"I also feel like my worldview has collapsed, and I can't accept it either..."

"So my first reaction was to question the old clan chief—"

"Why should our Snow Elephant Clan continue to support such a crystal ball that practically draws life from the blood of the entire Snow Elephant Clan?"

"Why can't we give it up in exchange for the longevity of the entire race?"

"However, at that time, the old clan chief immediately stopped my resentful thoughts."

He still held the crystal ball as if it were a precious jewel.

"The old chieftain still firmly believes in his theory of 'misfortune and fortune are intertwined,' telling me that the so-called 'short lifespan' is actually a blessing for the entire Snow Elephant tribe..."

"The old patriarch told me very firmly that the ancient Snow Elephant Clan's distant ancestors made a rule for the entire race to use the shortened lifespan of the entire Snow Elephant Clan as a sacrifice to support this crystal ball."